I’ve decided to hold off a bit on knitting a scarf for my grandma (you can still vote, though!) and make one for my mom now.  My idea of making Forbes Forest out of the KnitPicks Merino Style that I already have isn’t going to work, I just don’t have enough of the yarn.  So I came up with two alternate ideas.  The first is to stick with the same scarf pattern and spin a three ply yarn with this natural Rambouillet/Llama (from a farm that’s just a couple miles from me).  The hardest part of that idea is finding enough time to spin and the fact that I only have two bobbins.  But, for the cables to really look good, the yarn will need to be at least three ply.

Or, my second idea, go back to my favorite scarf book, Knitting New Scarves, and knit Aria with this handspun Cotswold.  My first instinct is to knit this.  The only problem that I see is the yarn, my mom is the type of person who thinks any natural fiber is itchy (I can’t even get her to touch such soft things as cashmere, she likes stuff made out of nylon and acrylic or cotton) and I don’t know if she’ll wear something around her neck that’s made out of wool, even if this yarn is extremely soft and puffy and not itchy at all.  I would use some of my Zephyr wool/silk and make her a lace scarf but she won’t wear lace because it’s cold(sigh, she won’t listen to me when I tell her that a wool and silk lace scarf will be lightweight and trap in warm air, it has holes, it’s cold).  Sometimes I think she just likes to be difficult.

Those are my choices, unless I can think of something else, and I’m going to ask her later what she thinks.  Hopefully she’ll like the blue Cotswold (she did buy the wool and tell me she wanted something made out of it) since that is the easier option.

Oh, look, more blogable knitting!  I know the sweater looks exactly the same as the last time I posted about it, but it really is longer.  I only have about two or three more inches left on the body and then I can start the sleeves.  I’ve decided to do the edging around the hems in plain ole garter stitch to match the neck.

That’s it!  I probably won’t post any more until next week, the rest of my week will be spent doing Christmasy things with family.  I’m never very excited about Christmas, my family doesn’t get along very good anymore and holidays are always stressful.  The only thing I want this year is a Moonlight Fluke ukulele and I’ve already been told what a waste of money it is, so I know I’m not getting it.  I did get a pair of Keen Presidio shoes (I got mine for $35 at a local store) and they are the most comfortable shoe I’ve ever worn, that makes up for the ukulele a bit.

Hope you all have a happy holiday!